A review by sarahdworjan
The Complete Poems of Stephen Crane by Stephen Crane

5.0

Stephen Crane's poems follow a pattern. The opening is sweeping and expansive, giving you gorgeous writing for about ten lines while you marvel at your native language. And then Stephen Crane says, "NOPE, FUCK YOU" and slams the ending of the poem on your head. In the best way. So five stars, because the pattern fucking WORKS.

...Maybe I'm not selling it very well. If you're curious, you can try, "A Man Said to the Universe." Five lines of genius.